# CVE-2025-27084: Cross-site scripting in HPE Aruba Networking AOS

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victims' browsers via reflected XSS in the Aruba AOS Captive Portal interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7p5-2w2c-9c56

## What is CVE-2025-27084?

CVE-2025-27084 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 8 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the Captive Portal of an AOS-10 GW and AOS-8 Controller/Mobility Conductor could allow a remote attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Successful exploitation could enable the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the victim's browser within the context of the affected interface.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27084?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-27084?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27084 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-27084 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27084 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos

- [CVE-2024-42393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42393/): Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42394/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42395/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31466/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31467/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-27084 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-27084 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 8 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27084 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Arubaos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27084/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27084/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27084
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27084
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27084

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27084/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.